More than an academic analysis, this title will provide invaluable guidance to practitioners and policy makers in this burgeoning area of the law. The author's deep understanding of the issues gives his book an immediate relevance that will last for years to come.

Do core labour standards exist in todays global economy? If so, what are they? And most importantly, how effective are they? In this book two outstanding labour law scholars answer these questions in a definitive manner. In deep and convincing detail they demonstrate that, although insufficiently legally binding instruments governing employment and labour exist beyond the national level, a significant body of international soft law has developed that does in fact carry great weight. Blanpain and Colucci identify four major sources of this soft law - the UN Global Compact of 1999, the ILO...

This book deals with European labour law and industrial relations. It covers legislation concerning relations between employers and employees, collective agreements and the case law of the Court of Justice, as well as the structure an strategies of social actors. The book consists of three parts; a general section devoted to individual labour law and a section that deals with collective labour law. The tenth edition is a revised and all the latest developments are covered.